Animal species that live in environments as harsh as the Antarctic have many incredible adaptations to help them survive.

A long-lost photo snapped from a Navy plane in 1966 has become the unlikely key to understanding how Antarcticas ...

Antarctica has lost sea ice equivalent in area to Greenland – and it has not returned, according to new satellite data. This ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Scientists find rising ocean salinity in Antarctica, reversing decades-long trends and accelerating sea ice loss.

New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t see coming.

Antarctica has lost a Greenland’s worth of ice, and the shocking changes in the Southern Ocean could reshape our planet’s ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

The ocean around Antarctica is changing in unexpected ways. Since 2015, sea ice surrounding the frozen continent has been ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.